Scene Discussion: SID sets a trap, Zhu Hong and Da Qing are kidnapped

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I’m using Solo’s subs for the quotes! I apologize for the lack of Chinese, though. This is my first scene discussion, I hope I'm doing it right :)

Location of scene: episode 4, several snippets between 18:35 to 26:40

Context: Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan ran into Zhang Danni in the park as she was running from her attacker again. After taking her to a café to recover, Zhao Yunlan is very suspicious of her and shares these concerns with Shen Wei. He sends Xiao Guo to walk Zhang Danni home. They set the trap for that same night, as Da Qing is wearing the same clothes as he does when trailing Xiao Guo and Zhang Danni. The scene before the trap, Zhang Danni and Jia Hui discuss how she’s happy with her new face and that Zhu Jiu has a job for them.

Summary: Zhu Hong plays bait for the face-stealing Dixingren, with Chu Shuzhi and Da Qing as back-up, plus Lin Jing on the surveillance cams. But the SID gets ambushed and Zhu Hong and Da Qing are kidnapped instead.

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Questions:

1. What’s up with the tech!? Why is it so clunky??? Can’t the SID afford anything better? Except for the bracelet, that one is damn elegant – and closer to magic with how it work, really. A tracker should constantly broadcast it’s location, which would be much more helpful when Zhu Hong gets knocked out.
2. What’s cracking Lin Jing up about the situation? Is it that Zhu Hong takes her role as bait so seriously? The spy tropes she pulls? Zhu Hong in a pretty dress? The applying of make-up? Pretending to be a lady? The entire situation?
3. Both members of the SID that get kidnapped are dressed in the same bright red. Coincidence? Is red a signal colour in Dixing? Dixing is rather drab, maybe it’s because bright red stands out?
4. This is one of the first times we see the team out in the field together, ignoring the early stake-out on the same case. What’s your impression? SID is never going to be all professional, but I feel like they set up a decent trap, and the perps used decent means to distract them. Though their emergency response leaves a bit to be desired…
5. Zhu Jiu has been pestering Shen Wei a lot during this case. What’s his ultimate goal? He seems to be targeting the SID in particular, since Zhang Danni and Jia Hui are working for him, targetting Zhu Hong and Da Qing in particular and reducing Chu Shuzhi’s effectiveness. Is Lin Yusen blowing them (and then himself) up supposed to take as many members of the SID out as possible in the blast radius? Considering that even Heipaoshi doesn’t manage to get a shield up in time and ruins his sleeve, it seems a particularly deadly mix… although that’s not really part of this scene, sorry, my thoughts are running away from me :’D

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